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deputy editor @CityLimitsNews covering housing. before that, @RealEstLaw360 . way before, @Gothamist .

Brooklyn, NY
Joined September 2012
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As your eyes turn back to earth today, here's a Crown Heights ballad I've been working on for a while. It's got rent laws, supply debates, empty apartments, the fall of Signature Bank, and, most importantly, the women at the center, refusing to move:
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Staring Down the Wrecking Ball, These Brooklyn Grandmothers Won’t Be Moved

A Crown Heights building in limbo could inspire more landlords to deregulate through demolition—or more tenants to fight to stay in their homes.

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“As they took us inside, I saw a young man on the floor, holding a bright red inhaler, and he was saying through tears that he doesn’t know if he’s going to wake up tomorrow. This man is pre-trial, he hasn’t been convicted of anything”
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Queens in August: “Baseball! Tennis!”
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On @SenSanders ' COVID-19 live stream, @AOC says she's been calling Albany and demanding a rent moratorium for the state before April 1. Says if there's going to be a mortgage moratorium, there should be the same for rent.
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. @AOC calls for defunding the NYPD during her @NY1 debate against primary opponents (side note—wild to see her debating as incumbent! 2018 we hardly knew you!)
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. @scottheins ' photos from yesterday capture so much, from Harlem to Flatbush
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the signs, they’re good @newyorkerunion
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whew, open letter from current and former @NYCMayor staffers: "We saw up close the Administration’s unwillingness to challenge the abuses of the NYPD." Includes four demands, including cut/reallocate $1 billion from FY 2021 NYPD operating budget
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my report from the #BerniesBack rally, where I asked people what brought them out. Ishmael, a union mason, told me: "They just raised my rent in the Bronx so I’m staying with my mom on the couch right now. The rich are sucking up every resource available."
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"He used to sew his clothes, when he danced, by the bathrooms inside Grand Central." I spent the last few days talking to currently and formerly unhoused New Yorkers about Jordan Neely, his killing, and the challenges they face daily.
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‘Justice 4 Jordan’: New Yorkers Who’ve Experienced Homelessness React to Subway Killing

Several New Yorkers experiencing homelessness said they empathize with Jordan Neely, who died after being put in a chokehold by another subway passenger.

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Elsa breaks down, recounting being taken into a place with no cameras. Says police laughed at her. She has been selling churos for over three years in nabe
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After 2+ years as a freelance local news reporter, I've got a programming note! Monday will be my first day as a senior reporter at @BklynEagle , where I'll start out expanding our coverage of gun violence in Brooklyn. I'm incredibly excited to get to it.
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one more from @scottheins
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neighbors on pacific st in crown heights are on rent strike as of today, with support of majority of occupied units, they say. They just did a (socially distant) banner drop:
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One more from today: 16-year-old Tasifya Kashem from East Flatbush: “I think a lot of people believe that since he’s a white man, it’s important to endorse other candidates.” Counters that he’s the candidate she sees sticking up for “working class people, people of color, women”
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the weirdness of this thing is really hitting me this year
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JUST IN: Punxsutawney Phil predicts six more weeks of winter after seeing his shadow.
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good morning I've been owned to hell by my dad
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@emma_a_whitford Yeah, that's my Emma. Great reporter, shit speller. The Caribbean has isles. Market Basket has aisles.
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Sex workers, strippers, supporters out here for #womensmarch2018
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Hits keep coming @newyorkerunion
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today is all about @Bodegacats_
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mostly educators at this downtown Manhattan rally on broadway:
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A @CityLimitsNews update: I've been promoted to Deputy Editor! I'll still be reporting on housing, so keep your tips coming. But I'm also going to be working more closely with @tatyanacturner , helping to shape our NYCHA coverage. It's an honor!
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City Limits’ Housing Reporter Emma Whitford Promoted to Deputy Editor

Whitford, who joined City Limits as Senior Housing Reporter in February, will continue to report for the news site’s core housing beat and will serve as editor for its series on NYCHA.

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three young women on why they’re #walking out
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today in optics:
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Lol 🚓 cars parked on top of the BLM street outside of borough hall bc ofc
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students walking out of Bedford Academy High in Bed-stuy (they have some classes inside the YMCA)
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Well children there used to be a bar called hot bird
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another absolutely huge march along Flatbush, double digits #georgefloyd protests in nyc
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there are actions this am outside NY housing courts, which are now accepting new eviction cases across the state (tho new cases are expected to move slowly). sizeable crowd here at 141 Livingston Street in BK. Plus, Scabby Andy Cuomo. One demand is no evictions for rest of year:
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Energy at vigil for Jordan Neely hosted by @VOCALNewYork this afternoon:
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it turns out dad and new pup are still doing great
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enjoy dad being thrilled about his new pup 😩
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gotta hand it to the sky, once again
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holy shit I feel like a subway archeologist I think this is an original??
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leaving town this morning through Penn and had the surreal experience of picking up my first ever tab byline at Hudson News. Good morning, NYC
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“Sen. Michael Gianaris is proposing a 90-day rent freeze to help abate the economic strain being placed on households and businesses hit the hardest by the pandemic.”
Coronavirus economic relief: N.Y. Sen. Gianaris calls for rent suspension while NYC Speaker Johnson...

ALBANY — A Queens lawmaker wants to provide some much needed financial relief to New Yorkers impacted by the coronavirus crisis by suspending rent collections for three months. Sen. Michael G…

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Nana got her first shot today and called it "a miracle" after lots of false starts and dead ends. i'm so thrilled and also so sad that this is such a logistical hurdle for our elders!!
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Later this month, I'll be joining @CityLimitsNews as a senior housing reporter. I can't wait to tackle the beat I love for an outlet I've long admired. Let's talk!
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City Limits Announces Two Additions to its Reporting Staff

The nonprofit newsroom expands staff to support its in-depth reporting on New York City housing issues, and launches a new beat focused exclusively on NYCHA.

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On Dean street in Crown Heights where an impromptu action came together to observe intimidation of two remaining tenants, per one former and one current tenant. This is from a little bit ago. Landlord currently on the stoop recording
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Nuala, 18, from Jackson Heights is getting ready for her first presidential vote. Her first ever vote was for @CabanForQueens . Says student debt is a big one for her. She doesn’t have healthcare and wants Medicare for all, too
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It was an honor + a challenge to tackle this project over the last month. Incredibly thankful to all of the friends and families who picked up their phones, opened their doors, and told me stories about this incredibly diverse cross section of New Yorkers:
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2019 Was An Extremely Deadly Year For NYC Cyclists. Here Are Their Stories

Gothamist's effort to honor those killed riding a bike on New York City streets.

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r/e NYT endorsement: when the editorial board boils Nixon's platform down to "Not Andrew Cuomo," they're missing something I observed reporting on her criminal justice platform last week: Nixon responds positively to activists, not just negatively to Cuomo
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per her team, @CynthiaNixon has taken direct cues from @survivepunish . Her platform has a section dedicated to commuting sentences of all survivors of gender-based violence
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20 mins until curfew and it’s (checks notes) arguably the most beautiful night of early summer with a dip in humidity plus palpable energy absolutely everywhere
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👋quick update: Wednesday was my last day at Brooklyn Eagle/Queens Eagle. In a few weeks I'll be starting a new reporting gig at @Law360 . I'm really excited for this next chapter, and I cannot wait to be a member of @nyguild ✊
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@JumaaneWilliams addresses people who have criticized Elsa for doing something illegal: “just shut up,” he says. Talks about buying bootleg cassettes as a student years ago.
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forgot I took this top model pic of my cat this morning
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moment of levity — hit 10k followers and a bird immediately shit on my phone
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moving into the intangibles this morning
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my boyfriend of 7ish years just sent me a calendar invite for a date ama
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i wonder which/how many incumbents weren't afraid of @nycDSA until today
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it’s a beautiful day and i have a new cat 🤫
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meanwhile, ginkgo
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here inside the NYC ICE field office where parents and babies are demanding #FamiliesBelongTogther
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@AOC also calling for elderly clemency, end to unnecessary pre-trial detention, end to arrests for low-level offenses
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In a live press conference just now, de Blasio reprimanded protesters who were rammed by cops in patrol vehicles
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not unique to WNYC or Gothamist, but all of the "now more than ever" rhetoric coming from news orgs - about how crucial they are in this political and pandemic moment - rings hollow when the same outlets see fit to curb their workers in the midst of it all
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incase you forgot where we live now
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And now a moment of silence #notonemore
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Chants: “no more cops! Fix the subways!” And “churros in! Cuomo out!” and “stop the hate! Fix the subways!”
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Elsa says: “never has the interaction [with police] been so violent.”
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Lots of people wearing white streaming south on Franklin towards the Brooklyn Museum for a rally for black trans lives
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NEW @CityLimitsNews : The Supreme Court has *denied cert* to @nyc_chip / @TheRSAnyc and their challenge to rent stabilization. Here's the order list:
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biked through four boroughs today but this Vanderbilt thing is really something else!
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"If we handle this right, if we handle this with bold, moral leadership... we can make sure we abolish these systems of injustice," @AOC says
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talk a walk in nyc without crying test :’)
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i share this simply because these details shared in an on-the-record conversation w/ a reporter, so early in her campaign, challenge the notion that she crafted some sort of alternative narrative about herself (just listened back to the tape to be sure)
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more on the @SalazarSenate18 beat: tonight she’s out in bushwick addressing 100+ sex workers and allies. she says she’s committed to decrim and, in the meantime, getting rid of the criminal loitering charge. Big, excited multigen crowd
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other three: "immediately fire" all officers found to have used excessive force or covered their badges at protests; release of names and disciplinary records of officers accused of misconduct; make independent commission to investigate his response to protests
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new: source w/ @phara4assembly campaign says that, per their internal count, they are up 2,500+ votes over @WalterTMosley with count nearly finished. this would be a big upset. per campaign, they were trailing 588 votes before absentee count.
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happy friday my cats are almost pals
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Excited to share my print feature in @thebafflermag about the movement to decriminalize sex work in New York. There’s a lot herein, but for starters I am proud of my sourcing. I’ll let their voices take it from here:
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Call Off the Cops | Emma Whitford

The Decrim NY movement is amplifying the voices of the most vulnerable in the sex trades: people of color, trans women, immigrants, and queer young people.

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We’ve got a “fuck the landlords!” chant
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NEW @CityLimitsNews : The U.S. Supreme Court has *denied* cert in two outstanding challenges to rent stabilization in NY:
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at least standing in line for the mobile testing van gives me time to worry about how December is spring now
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Logging off for a few days, I leave you with real dog/snow dog
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If I am not mistaken this kid is playing dope piano and gaming on his iPad at the same time ?!?
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singing “which side are you on” while feeding ur baby is today’s multitasking win
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Behold the broker crowd ahead of a planned 9am rally opposing @OsseChi ’s broker fee bill that would require the hiring party pays the fee
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it’s my birthday so I can finally say that I’m 30, flirty, and thriving in two unions 😎
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okay one more this is Hannibal
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"During the arrests Tuesday night, cops slammed protesters into cars, pulled them to the ground, knelt on top of them, and targeted protesters seemingly at random... who had linked arms or were standing on the sidewalk in front of campus." @HellGateNY :
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NYPD Raids CUNY's City College, Violently Arrests Students, Then Hoists American Flag - Hell Gate

Hundreds of officers burst through the City College gates, clearing out a Gaza solidarity encampment.

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grateful to the reporters who didn’t let the subway shut down last night without documentation
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got my size ten cat in a box
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you’ve never effectively whispered a secret because this dog heard
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Churro vendors have arrived
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freelancing is 90 percent no health insurance and 10 percent empty beaches
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the sky is doing things again
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7 years
excellent: @jenchung got frmr Danceteria owner on the phone after suspicious package ID'd as innocent time capsule
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4 years
now we’ve got a huge #BlackLivesMatter critical mass turning off Flatbush past Juniors
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Emma Whitford
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4 years
@NYDailyNews coverage here:
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De Blasio staffers pen letter slamming mayor’s handling of NYC protests and criminal justice...

More than 200 current and former staffers of Mayor de Blasio published an open letter that criticizes his handling of recent protests — the latest misstep, they say, in a series of failures t…

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Emma Whitford
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5 years
I hope these pals get where they are going in peace 😌
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Emma Whitford
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6 years
owner of this cat says she’s “too friendly” which is of course not a thing!!!
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5 years
Elsa has arrived and is describing her arrest on Friday, in Spanish with translation
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Emma Whitford
@emma_a_whitford
4 years
cities are so fun and good
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4 years
just went out for a run and now I’m going wherever is noisiest
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4 years
The Cancel Rent banners of Crown Heights have a new neighbor
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Emma Whitford
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4 years
Dean Street DOG PARADE
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Emma Whitford
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6 years
in my first for @TheCut , i talked to trans women who were stalked, harassed and arrested because of their appearance, on a charge the NYPD recently promised to back off of.
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When Walking While Trans Is a Crime

The NYPD says it’s taking a more sensitive approach to sex work, but not everyone benefits.

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Emma Whitford
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Shannon Hartman recalled that Neely would always ask how she was doing. "He even gave me money. Like, the homeless look out for the homeless. It’s something we do."
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‘Justice 4 Jordan’: New Yorkers Who’ve Experienced Homelessness React to Subway Killing

Several New Yorkers experiencing homelessness said they empathize with Jordan Neely, who died after being put in a chokehold by another subway passenger.

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Emma Whitford
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4 years
thinking of freelancers covering protests in covid era: press creds acquired w/o newsroom help if at all, no or bad health insurance, no guarantee of timely/fair pay. we need to fight for an industry that solves for these inequities, esp as newsroom jobs continue to evaporate.
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5 years
New Years resolution is to somehow only sit like this dog
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Patricia lives in Queensbridge Houses and says she wishes there had been flyering at the complex for the rally. A Hillary voter in 2016 she was on her way to the dentist when she decided to check this out. Undecided voter
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